Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675. 599

       did sell & deliver the said Servant unto the said William for three Liber M M
       thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid as aforesaid Notwithstanding
       which the said William the said summe of three thousand pounds
       of tobacco according to his promise to him the said Marmaduke
       hath not paid though often thereunto required but the same to him
       to pay hitherto hath & still doth deny to the damage of the said
       Marmaduke the summe of six thousand pounds of tobacco And
       thereupon he bringeth his suite.
        And the said Wm by Robert Ridgely his Attorny cometh & de
       fendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty of Speake
       ing hereunto untill next Provinciall Court & it is granted unto him
       the same day is given to both parties.
        Now here at this day to wit the foure & twentith day of November
       in the 44th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Doth 1675
       came the said Marmaduke by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny but
       the said Wm King came not therefore it is considered by the Court
       here that the said Marmaduke recover against the said Wm King the
       said summe of three thousand pounds of tobacco for his damages
       Occasioned by the trespas aforesaid as also the summe of five hun
       dred twenty eight pounds of tobacco costs of Suite & the said Wm
       in mercy.

      John  Harris Richard Whitty late of Somersett County Cooper
          agt otherwise called Richard Whitty of Somersett
     Richard Whitty   County in the Province of Maryland was sumoned
                  to answer unto John Harris of a plea that he render
                  unto him the just & full summe of three thousand
                  two hundred weight of good Sound merchantable
                  tobacco without ground leaves or Seconds with
                  caske which to him he oweth & unjustly deteineth
        And whereupon the said John Harris by Robert Ridgely his At
       torny Saith that whereas the said Richard the eleventh day of Janu
       ary in the yeare of Our Lord 1672 by his certaine bill Obligatory
       Sealed with the seale of him the said Richard and here in Court
       produced whose date is the day and yeare aforesaid did bind him
       self e his heirs executrs admts or assignes to pay or cause to be paid
       to the said John Harris his heirs executors admrs or assignes the full
       and just summe of three thousand two hundred weight of good
       Sound merchantable tobacco without ground leaves or seconds with
       caske to be paid at all demands at some convenient landing Not
       withstanding which the Said Richard the Said summe of three
       thousand two hundred pounds of tobacco to him the said John ac
       cording to the tenor of the same bill though often demanded hath p. 577
       not paid (though) but the same to pay hath denyed & as yet doth
       deny to the damage of the said John foure thousand pounds of
       tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite